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The deputy director of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources has resigned to join the local affiliate of a Colorado-based company primarily pursuing agriculture and renewable energy development projects in Hawaii.
Guy Kaulukukui will lead the Hawaii operations of Bio-Logical Capital as senior vice president, the company said Wednesday.
Kaulukukui served in his state position for almost two years under Gov. Neil Abercrombie.
Before joining the state, Kaulukukui was associate director for strategic partnerships at The Kohala Center, a Hawaii island nonprofit research group. Other past positions included chief of staff for former Honolulu City Councilman Todd Apo, vice president at Bishop Museum and economics teacher at Kamehameha Schools and Hawaii Pacific University.
Bio-Logical Capital is a for-profit company based on a stewardship model of "making long-term investments in projects that heal land, help people and generate revenue."
The roughly 4-year-old firm based in Denver is largely in the development stage exploring projects in areas that include renewable energy, agriculture, real estate development, water management and ecotourism.
In Hawaii the company has partnered with Pattern Energy in pursuing development of a wind farm on Molokai and an envisioned undersea cable for delivering electricity between islands. Bio-Logical Capital also is pursuing organic farming projects on Oahu and Maui.